Billie the kid! Pregnant Miss Faiers posts cute baby pic of herself showing what to expect when she is expecting

Pregnant Billie Faiers has been using her recently announced pregnancy to keep herself busy and active on the social media front and popping out for a spot of lunch in between.

On Thursday she posted a black and white photo of herself as a cute bubba on her Instagram page with the line: '#tbt me when I was a bubba'.

The following day she was out for lunch with her cousin at the Dog and Gun Pub in Chelmsford, Essex looking gorgeous and glowing in a white fur jacket that matched the colour of her up-do hair, Billie teamed it with a pair of black skinny pant and leather boots and a pink pastel designer handbag.

Essex royalty! Billie looked gorgeous and glowing as she stepped out for lunch on Friday

What a cute bubba! Billie the kid, no less

The TOWIE star has also been happily enjoying watching the current series of Celebrity Big Brother, tweeting regularly her views on the show.

A day later she followed up with 'looking forward to watching #CBB...Hopefully wer (sic) be seeing a lot more of @SamanthaFaierstonight!!!'

On Friday night she ran with the hashtag '#sam2winCBB'.

The Only Way Is Essex star Billie Faiers recently spoke for the first time about her surprise pregnancy, which has delighted and shocked TOWIE fans in equal measure.

The reality star, who turns 24 this month, chatted with OK! magazine about the baby, which is due in the summer.

Speaking candidly, the former glamour model revealed personal details about the pregnancy, including the day she found out.

We kept it to ourselves because I was so in shock,' she confessed.

Hot mama! Billie couldn't stop smiling as she headed out from her lunch date on Friday

Billie has revealed in an interview that finding out she was pregnant was a complete shock

'In my head I knew I was pregnant because I missed my period, which never happens, but I was too nervous to do the pregnancy test because suddenly my whole life was about to change.

Fortunately, her partner Greg Shepherd was already aware. 'I could tell she was pregnant straight away because she was coming out in all these spots, which she never gets.

'She was too nervous about someone seeing her buying a test so I went and bought one.'

Keep it in the family! Billie and her cousin do lunch Essex-style

Billie also revealed that she initially kept the pregnancy quiet from younger sister Sam, who's currently in the Celebrity Big Brother house.

'We didn’t tell anyone for two weeks,' she added. 'I invited Sam and my mum round for dinner to tell them but Sam was half asleep on the sofa so it wasn’t the right time.'

'When I eventually told them they were over the moon. It was such a relief, because I could finally get excited.'

Dismissing the suggestion that they would get married before the birth, Billie said: 'I don’t think I’d want to be a pregnant bride and I’d love our child to be there. I'd also want Sam to be my maid of honour and godmother.'

Pregnant and glowing! Billie and her cousin leave the Dog and Gun pub in Chelmsford

Her sister, Sam, also shared her excitement about becoming an aunty.

'I can’t wait. When we were young we used to spend a lot of time thinking about this moment,' she said.

'I cried when Billie told me! It’ll be the first baby in our immediate family and my mum is over the moon. She’s always said she can’t wait to be a nan. The whole family are thrilled.

Time for a tweet! Billie seems to be looking for her mobile lost in her handbag

She also added that she plans to be the best aunt.

'I’ll be the one he or she comes to when they want fun, or if they have problems I’ll be on hand to help. I posted a picture of me with my best friend Gerry’s baby recently too.